Soot blower



July 16, 1935. G. MaCcoNvlLLE SOOT BLOWER Filed NOV. 28, 1932 Patented July 16, 1935 uNlTEosTATEs soo'r t BLOWER `Gordon MacConvlle, Paisley, Scotland, assignor to Diamond Power Specialty Corporation, Def` troit, Mich.,a corporation ofrMichigan i Application November 28, 1932, Serial No. 644,645 In Great Britain November 28, 1931 3 claims. (ci. 122-;392)

forming member yadapted Whendisp'laced axially by rotation of the spindle to actuate levers serving to project the blowertinto or retractit from the-furnace.

In accordance with a further feature a clutch is interposed between the sheave wheel or crank handle and the cam mechanism controlling the supply of cleaning fluid to the blower in such manner that the cam mechanism is operated to supply cleaning fluid to the blower only when the latter has been projected into the furnace `by displacement of the nut-forming member.

In one convenient embodiment of the invention the nut-forming member is carried at one end of a pivoted lever, the other end of which engages the sleeve carrying the blower nozzle surrounding the blower pipe so that on rotation of the sheave wheel or crank handle to bring the nut-formingmember towards the same the blower nozzle is projected forwardly. The sheave wheel or crank handle is formed with dogs and the pinion formed with mating dogs forming the clutch. The dogs on the pinion are normally held out of engagement with the dogs on the sheave wheel or crank handle by means of a spring, the pressure of which is overcome by the pressure of the nut-forming member on a stronger spring located between it and the loosely mounted pinlon.

Means is provided to ensure that the clutch members will not disengage so long as cleaning fluid is being supplied to the blower nozzle.

A boiler cleaner or soot blower constructed in accordance with the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, Fig, 2 a transverse section on the line olf-a of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a transverse section on the line b--b of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I denotes a sheave wheel such as that normally used for rotating a blower pipe but adapted in the present construction to rotate a screw-threaded spindle 2 journalled at one end in a bracket 3 formed integral with or mounted on the gooseneck 4 and at the other end in a bracket 5 unitary with a, wall box orthe like Ii.l On the screwthreaded spindle 2 PATENT .oFFici; -f

is threaded a nut-forming member l held against rotation by a tongue 8 integral with thel nutforming member 'I and slidable between a pair of xed guide bars 9. The nut-forming memberl is connected through the medium of two doublearmed slotted levers IB (one of which is shown) pivoting about a common fulcrum spindle II carried by the guide bars S with a sleeve I2A surrounding the blower 'pipe I3 so that, on rotation of the sheave wheel I. in the direction to move the nut-forming member 'i rearwardly, `the sleeve 1 I2 is Vmoved:forwardly and the blower nozzle lI4 attached to the inner end of the sleeve `I2 is projected into the furnace.

In order to ensure that the cleaning iiuid will not be admitted to the blower pipe I3 when the blower nozzle I4 is within the furnacewall and shielded from the heat of the furnace I provide improved means for opening the blower valve to admit the cleaning iluid only when the blower nozzle I4 has been advanced into the furnace.

To this end there is loosely mounted on the spindle 2 a pinion Il provided with dog clutch teeth IB adapted to mate with dog clutch teeth I6 provided on the sheave wheel I. The dog teeth I8 of the pinion I'I are normally held out of engagernent with the dog teeth I6 on the wheel I by means of a spring I9 the pressure of which is adapted to be overcome by the compressing action of the nut-forming member I on a stronger spring 20 interposed between the nut-forming member 'I and the pinion I1.

On the blower pipe I3 is rigidly secured by means of a set-screw 22 a toothed wheel 23 meshing with the pinion I1. The wheel 23 is provided with a cam 24 adapted to operate through the medium of a trigger 25 a spring-pressed valve 26 controlling the supply of cleaning fluid to the blower tube I3 through the gooseneck 4.

In operating the blower, the sheave wheel I is rotated to retract the nut-forming member 1 and to project the blower nozzle I4 into the furnace; continued rotation of the sheave wheel I compresses the stronger spring 20 between the nutforming member 'Iv and the pinion I1 and consequently the spring I9 normally holding the dog teeth I6, I8 apart, so that the sheave wheel I and pinion I1 are clutched together. The pinion Il is then rotated by the sheave Wheel thereby rotating the blower pipe I3 so that the cam 24 operates the Valve 26 controlling the supply of cleaning iiuid to the blower. Rotation of the sheave wheel I in the opposite direction displaces forwardly the nut-forming member 1, followed Y by disengagement of the clutch I6, I8 to allow the valve 26 to close, and effects retraction of the blower nozzle I4 into the wall box Ii.`

A distance pieceZI is provided to form an abutment for the nut-forming member 1 to prevent rotation of the sheave wheelI through more than the desired number of revolutions. Y

In lieu of operating the blower by means of a sheave wheel or chain wheel the blower may o'f course be operated by a crank attached to the end of the screw threaded spindle 2.

To insure that the clutch elements I6, I8 will not disengage while the Valve 26 is open there 'is adjustably attached to the toothed wheel 23 a segmental stopper plate 21 Whose outer periph- Y eral margin is adapted, during the period of opening ofthe valve 26, i. e, while the trigger 25 is engaged by the cam 24, to enter into obstructing relation with a rear shoulder 28 presented 'by the pinion I1.` l l As will readily be understood, whilek the marginal edge of the stopper plate 21 is disposed in obstructing relation with the shoulder 28 the pinion I 1 cannot be displaced rearwardly under the action of the spring I9, whereby to disengage the clutch elements I6, I8, until the stopper plate 21 moves beyond the pinion I1 in the rotation of the toothed wheel 23.

,I claimz- 1. In a boiler cleaner', a blower nozzle, means to move the. nozzle longitudinally from a stored to a blowing position when operatedV in one direction Y and to return the nozzle to stored position when said drive member.

2,008,510 Y n e, Y operated in a reverse direction',` a valve controlling the supply of cleaning fluid to the nozzle, means to rotate the element and actuate the valve cluding a gear operatively connected only at times to an operating member, and means insuring that said gear is connected to said operating member while the valve is open.

2. `In a boiler cleaner, a `blower nozzle,means to move the. nozzle longitudinally from `a; stored to a blowing position, a valve controlling the 'f supply of cleaning' fluid to the nozzle, means to rotate the element and actuate the valve, an operating member common to both said means, a 'clutch automatically: connecting said second namedmeans tothe operating member whereby the nozzle may be rotated and the valve opened, and means preventing Vthe disengagement of said clutch while the valve is open.

3. In combination, a blower nozzle mounted for longitudinal movement from a stored to a blowing position, levers connected tosaid blower `nozzle for moving the same to'eitlierfl of tions, a threaded member, a lever actuating merriber connected to said levers, for actuatingrthe same and threadedly engaging said-threaded.;

member, means preventing rotation of saidk lever actuating member whereby said menfiloer` is moved longitudinally of said threaded memberV upon rotation` of the latter, a drive membervfor rotating said threaded, member, means for rotating said blower nozzle, and ymeans controlled by movement Vof saidl lever actuating member for coupling said blower nozzle rotating Ymeans to Goebel@ Miceonvinnf 

